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The issue of gender recognition is devolved in Scotland, which allows the Scottish parliament, if it wishes, to legislate for a different policy from that of England and Wales. [4] In 2004, the Scottish Parliament passed a motion to consent to Westminster's GRA, so that a uniform system of gender recognition would be in place throughout the UK. [7]
[33] [34] For Women Scotland called on the court to find sex an "immutable biological state". [35] [36] The Scottish Government argued that someone who had acquired status as a woman using a gender recognition certificate was entitled to protections under the Equality Act just as those who were women at birth were. [34]
The title was changed in May 2021 to Minister for Social Security and Local Government at the start of the third Sturgeon government, with the post also taking responsibility for social security, which between 2018 and 2021 was the responsibility of a separate cabinet-level post, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People. [2]
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Kate Forbes, revealed the Scottish Government's 10 year economic plan called National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) on 1 March 2022. [1] This is the first strategic economic work the Scottish National Party administration had done since the publication of The Sustainable Growth ...
Sturgeon was nominated by a vote of the 6th Scottish Parliament for appointment to the post of First Minister on 18 May 2021 and announced the formation of a new Scottish National Party minority government on 19 May. [1] Sturgeon is the first First Minister to form a third government. Her cabinet, like her previous two, is 50/50 gender neutral.
The Minister for Public Health and Women's Health is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. The minister is not a member of the Scottish Cabinet, and reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. The current minister is Jenni Minto, who was appointed by First Minister Humza Yousaf on 29 March 2023.
In April 2024, Humza Yousaf, first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), faced a confidence challenge following his termination of the Bute House Agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens, which meant that Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, co-leaders of the Greens and their only government ministers, were removed from government. [2]
The Minister for Equalities is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government.As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet. [2] The post was created in June 2018 under the title 'Minister for Older People and Equalities: the Minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, who is a full member of cabinet.